Pigeonhole Principle, Collisions, and Extremal Guarantees
This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.
Curriculum surface
- Open learner-facing unit
- Curriculum path:
content/curriculum/foundations/semester-01-math-foundations/module-02-combinatorics-graph-theory/concepts/cluster-02-constrained-counting/05-pigeonhole-principle-collisions-and-extremal-guarantees-supporting.md - App:
foundations - Semester:
semester-01-math-foundations - Module:
module-02-combinatorics-graph-theory - Unit kind:
concept - Curation level:
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Learning objectives
- Explain Pigeonhole Principle, Collisions, and Extremal Guarantees in the language of the current curriculum, not just the source book.
- Apply Pigeonhole Principle, Collisions, and Extremal Guarantees to one concrete learner task or example inside this semester.
- Use
discrete-mathematics-and-its-applications,introduction-to-probability,mathematics-for-computer-scienceas a selective source of truth when the learner-facing explanation is not enough.
Prerequisites
- The earlier concept pages and practice tasks in the current module.
Source books
discrete-mathematics-and-its-applicationsintroduction-to-probabilitymathematics-for-computer-science
Source routes
Discrete Mathematics And Its Applications
- /books/discrete-mathematics-and-its-applications via
Rosen: The Basics of Counting (Part 10, generalized pigeonhole),Rosen: The Basics of Counting (Part 9, pigeonhole)
Introduction To Probability
- /books/introduction-to-probability/chapter-01-why-study-probability via
Introduction to Probability: How to Count (Part 1)
Mathematics For Computer Science
- /books/mathematics-for-computer-science/chapter-15-counting-one-thing-by-counting-another-counting-sequences via
MCS: The Pigeonhole Principle (Part 1),MCS: The Pigeonhole Principle (Part 2)
Supporting curriculum routes
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External enrichment
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AI companion modes
- Explain simply
- Socratic tutor
- Quiz me
- Challenge my understanding
- Diagnose my confusion
- Generate extra practice
- Revision mode
- Connect forward / backward
Source-of-truth note
This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for Pigeonhole Principle, Collisions, and Extremal Guarantees, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.